How to Prune prairie burdock?
May be cut back after flowering, or leave architectural stems until shortly before new growth begins the following season

prairie burdock · Silphium terebinthinaceum
Also known as: prairie rosinweed; turpentine; turpentine weed; prairie dock
Grow in moist, deep, neutral to slightly alkaline soil in full sun or partial shade; best in heavy soil
May be cut back after flowering, or leave architectural stems until shortly before new growth begins the following season